The Round-up

Here are five fun stories that came across my desk recently that I thought I’d share.

1. ‘A great lost work’: Love, Leda’s candid tale of 1960s gay life is a touching time capsule | Books – The Guardian

Looks like a great and emotional read!

2. Researchers Have Found Two New Pages in Anne Frank's Diary. Should We Read Them? – Electric Literature

Sometimes literary questions are also moral ones.

3. Michel Houllebecq: France's most hated writer?

A complicated and controversial figure.

4. Why doctors are turning to fiction to heal their patients—and themselves – The Story

Could fiction be at the forefront of modern medicine?

5. Ocean Vuong: “This is where we must always return… pure possibility undergirded by pure humility.” – Literary Hub

Contemporary literary darling Ocean Vuong’s keynote speech from the 2025 Whiting Awards Ceremony.